Pressure system for safe or vault doors and the like



Oct. 2, 1923. 1,469,639

G. M. GOLDSMITH ET AL PRESSURE SYSTEM FOR SAFE OR VAULT DOORS AND THELIKE inal Filed Sept. 23. 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR .4 TTORNE YOct. 2, 1923.

1,469,639 G. M. GOLDSMITH ET AL PRESSURE SYSTEM FOR SAFE 0R VAULT DOORSAND THE LIKE Original Filed Sept.- 23 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Fy .5 2,4;2% & 10 Z 5 1 k;

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United States, residing at Hami1tn, Butler County; Qh1'o,--l1'ai einvented certain new. andusefulImprovements1n Pressure SYS.

ofwhichthe followingtisa specification. I

'Thls invention relates topres'sure systems for safe or vault doors,apdithe' like, and; in'" a "particular, relates to a pressufe systemadapted to lee-internally a'djustedihto'op e rable or into nopefabljeconditlon', for clos-j ing o1: for'prei'efitiug the elosin gof the safeor vault door: on which the system is mount ed. Our inyentiou furtherrelates to; a

' PQ Q T' mnsmi ie k e p e wh el SQCIZLlZBCl w th a pressuije; system soas ll tfbef' openableto establish or to disablefaldriying connectionbetweeli a driving "elemehtssu ch asthe 'pilot wheel. and a driven"element, such? as the worin. shaft; of the pressure megabit iso ' vaultor safe doorwheieby theyault .doo'ifl This invention 'I-is broadlysimilar tothe iu-j vention coyered' i n oufjapplicatioii filed 0h b emb2s,. 1,Se 1 N .1 502, r

' latihg 't o improvementsi i wress'ure systems for safe 1 mmdoorsandtlie like.

a mechanism CarriedFQnthe outsideof the may be'for'oed into'absolutelyclosed posip r o w i a ey m Y i fl e *b i ei locked ins1deby. ahunautho uzedperson' tion and thusenable'the lo'ckingboltsto beoperated to lock the vault, The mechanism is adapted to be driyenbyiotatipg a hand wheel 'eoinmorily 7 Called the pilot. Wheel; thisWheelbeing eustomai'ily iri pei nianehtidniv V ing engagement WithaQ'WOI 1 shaft connects through a; series of gea ihjg; wi th'a pluralityofirotatable pressurelba s ear 'ying j cams adapted to eng'age'j with lbars} or; hloelzs mounted oh the door ftameL. The coiis'tru'cj tioiiissuch that whezl the'j ,pilot Wheel is ro tate'd the pressure "bai s 'rez'olye and the 'mo' t-ion of the cams a gaihst' the bars" or blocksproduces great pressui'eand'forees thefjd oor', into absolutely closedposition iuthe door frame or j amb. Any enemy operate such a pressuresystem byiaefely, turnin the pilot Wheel. Thus'fln'o. piiotectionisgive'n to enabling such person tojres t'ore the system the operationin a specialfmai ner of The pressure .syste 1015a Vault orjsafe is;

eretly adjustediinto iope ative' oi' "i toihop? A I objects; of ouflin'yentioli is to pioyidea pfe' sure systemincorpoi'fatiugiiiie'aus;prefeitablyi concealed and operable in ja see1"et"niafi1ie" whe eby the system'inay be ,rieadily "ande* adjusted intooperative 'or' into; ope tive condition, thereby en'a'lilliig air authora ized'per'son before enteriii the vault to iist' the system into"inoperative}condition;@ahd

into operatiye .coIi(ilitioh -whenj hedesi i'es to; do so. fA'furthefrfobject "of our inyeiition' is to "provide a [device jo f ftlie.ehlai'acter" de; 6 scribedwherein the adjustingmeahsfarej-so 1mountedthat they are not i'eadilyi a pare t if; i to a casual 'obser verarid arev controlled q of a power transmission r rteeli'anism," where-'i by a. d ijiving colineotion be 'i eadilyjafid i g V easily"established" loifilde 'disableif l" fhfetyye'eu 7 1' pr esei ce of'theftrans'misiongdev b D ,3 e cohoealed One- 0f the advantages obtainedby viding. a pre'ssure'sy'stem which; maybe s'ef-i erativef cond-ition;is'thatfwheh theisystemjis' adjusted riritlo' inoperative.[cohditioii'ulfilaili-i thori'zed; persons, sii'el 1 as bank robbers, I o'tf vfamiliar with the anti-locking device; are; 1 preventing rpm wdylz'ihg:the' systemito Close; the'vault door'and are prevented from locjkemployees ofthefb'aiik ii thfe afte'r attempting burglaryif f1; 'gj 1Other-j advantages ahd objec V paft obvious audio part eboihted Sout,hei'ei'p after b fff' f f v In accordance-With u -i1 vent1on ms'teax ofmouii'ti gthe pilot Wheel of, the fpjressiurej systemijh'peifiiaueiitfeiigagementl the j worm' shaft: thereof," as has iheretoforefloe'eii free 7 rotation on the'wor'm shaft andjiroyid'2L.POW'QI transmissioudeyice operahlje to' es- 1 tahlish or to disable;adrivingx n ag m ntj between i the pilot Wheel fiand'tthe wo jihshaf ofthe system. "For operatingfth'el 'de'v'ice a provide a member which ispreferably disguised or concealed, and'such member may advantageouslycomprise one f the handles r of the pilot wheel, The power transmissiondevice'may comprise a dog orkey mounted on the pilot wheel for movementinto or out of any one of a number of suitable recesses provided i -theperiphery of a circularplate which is fixedly" mounted on the wormshaft, with the result that when the dog is in recess the pilot wheel islocked to'the, Worm shaft and when the do gtis out a V of the recess thepilot wheel is unlocked from the worm shaft and an operative c0 "nectionbetween the'wheell shaft is 7 co} espondingly made or brol en,Preferathe locking'dog is carried on theinncr end ofva'plungerslidablymounted on the f which comprisesan-extension of one of the 7 pilot wheelandhaving' a flange atits-upper end adapted to be engaged byja :helicalthree d e cam 'member carried on a pin of' the Tpilot wheel, Theconstrud ion i sm nt a whee the ha dl 18 rota ed to a .certainextentabout its axis the helical thread engages the flange on. the plunger 7and effects the movementof thedog out 351 ershbflfi coi p g is: arrangedabout the plu ger d s c mp sse between t dos of locking engagement in arecess of. the plate'attaehed to the worm shaft, while by continuing orreversing the rotation. of the handle the flange on the plunger willride of the helical thread on'tlie pin and at ewihe l cki g leg to m intl es engagement'in a'recess of the plate. Prefand a;"shoulder carried onthe pilot wheel.

The"s aring continually urges the dog to wer erar s r e s schis e her isno recess in al gnment, with the dog, the

rliandle may nevertheless be operated. to reease he rl eseren a w he rmsto move-the dog into a recess as soon as a recess brought intoalignment therewith.

By a king the doggce rd on the P l t whee-l into recess ofitheplateattached to the Worm shaft the pressur system is ad ,Qfthe plate thepressure system is adjusted. into inoperative position and l t not ill ti te p r t e n it o a d he ys tem be operated to close the vault door. Lke e y' -emovina t e ee? from recess then be i'operated to close *thevault dolor.

he ent e de ice m y be concea d en l eld in'position by a substantialcover plate on. h -a ack at the i le Whee and since the handle of thepilot. whee-l which operates the pewer transmission device appears to beexactly similar to the other handles of the wheel, the-presence of theanti-locking device hidden from can unauthoifs izedp so. cv a In orderthataclearer understanding of our nvention inaybeattention is herey de dd t the acc mp y ng rawings seaeee forming part of this application andillus- V trating'one possible embodimentof ourinventlon. i

Referring to the draw ngs, F g.1s a

front elevation, somewhat diagrainlnaticah of a pressure systemembodyingour nvention, mounted on adoor of a vault; F 2 is a plan viewof a port-ion 0f the pressure system with certain parts broken away forclearness; Fig. '3 is a sectional view of a portion of the pressuresystem including the power transmission device; Fig-,4 is "a sectiontakenon the'line4+4ofFig. 3; Fig. 5 is asection taken on the line 55of-Fig;

3. Similar reference characters designate of-tl1edrawings,. V

7 Referring to the-"drawings, l indicates thefrontwall or doorframe ofiavaulti or safe, with. a vault door 2 hinge-d thereto by means of sutable hinge mechanism zy 011' the outside of the door 2 is mounted apres sure system comprising steel pressure bars 1 mounted for rotationin bearings 5011 the outside'of door 2, and having at their outer endscams 6 adaptedto engage with so similarparts throughcutgthe several,views bars or blocks 7 attached to the door frame 1. A series 'of'gearing '8' permanently connects pressure bars 4; to a worm shaft 9,whichis mounted for rotation on door2.

Power is transmitted to the mechanism by means of a hand wheel 'lOyvhichisf fitte d;

with a plurality of handles 11, Whevl 10 is mounted for free; rotationonshaft 9, 0 5

erable means being supplied whereby the wheel 10 may 'b'efloclred war beunlocked from the shaft 9 to establish or ,to disables drivingconnection therebetween. As'illustrated in the drawingsythispower trans-Vmissio'n device comprises a ratchet wheel 12 is'slidably mounted on thepilot wheel 10;'

and in permanent engagement therewith, The upper endof plunger 15' isprovided with a radially extendingflangejldwhichisL adapted to-b'eengaged by a helicalicam or square thread 17 provided ,on'f'apin1'8fcar-f ried'on and extending axially -from the, in-';

ner end of one'of the handles "11- of fthe pilot wheelfsothat byrotating the'handl'e" 11 the thread 17 moves to. raise or toelower theplunger 15 and to correspondingly cause dog 14 to move out of or intoa're'cess 13 of wheel 12.

Thegoperating handle 11 arid the pin 18 are axially rotatable on, Wheel10- and are.

preferably held in position thereon by a removable section 24; on therim of the pilot wheel, his, section. being pr erablyfaceui P11461926395; l

rately machined to serve as: a guide for the pin-18 andJpl'unger 15,-{1v Handle 11" may be integral with orniay be securely attached torthetop? of pin 18 by any suitablev means, pin18 being provided"- with anannular shoulder -portionj19=adapt ed to seat within a suitable grooveerecess 19 in the: pilot wheel to prevent thepin} and handle from being"withdrawn there;

from. The dog 14.n1aybe guidedina v groove 27 whieh'is milled in a lug28*on the back of wheel 10 About the plunger 15, and compressedbetweenthe dog14'and a shoulder 21:pro vided. on the pilot wheel is acoil spring adapted to; continually I urge the) dog- 14 to move towardratchet 7 wheel 12 andintoone ofthe recesses l3,*and" to accomplish suchmovement whenever the v 1 thread '17 releases the plunger15 to theaction of this spring. f:

Preferablythewentire device is conce'aled 'a'ndheld inpositi'onby meansof a substantial cover plate 26seeured to the back or una der' side ofthe pilot wheel 1Q; If desired; "-1 anornarnental nut maybe suppliedtO'f v cap the; outeriend of 'the worm shaft 9;

The operationof the device; isa's-followsfl When. the device is in theposition illus 'trated in Fig. 4, wherein 11118 (l0gf14: is

seated within-a recess 135 theivpilot wheel 1' 0 is locked to theworm-shaft 9 so that by [rotating the pilot wheel the pressure systernmay be operated and the vault door' i closed. T'o disablethe mechanismthe handle llis' turned onit'sjaxis I tion will turn pin 18 anddrive thelower f end of the helical cam -17 into engagement This opera with theflange l'fi of theplunger 15. By

" continuing to'turn; handle 11 the vflangelti will ride upward on thecam 17 V and the dog";- 14 will be withdrawn from looking, engage-"znent in the recess,:13.f Now the pressure"v system is disabled, and thepilot wheel 10 will soon bring arec ess;13 '1 1nd er the dog 1 1 ifsuch; recess isnots'o positioned when the'handlell is operatedtoyfreeflange" 16 may be rotated freely about the worth shaft '9 but cannotoperate the pressurefsystem, thus preventing the vault door from beingclosed. To again restore the device into operative condition, it is onlynecessary to continue the turning of handle 11' until flange '16 slips,ofi' the upper end of the helical thread l'l', therebv releasing theplunger 15 to the action of spring 20 and in consequence plunger 15'wil1move toward shaft 9 and the dog 14 into a recess 13; just as soonasa're'cess'is in alignment-with the dog. A slight rotation of the,pilotwheel from thread 17 Assoon as clo 14: enters recess 13 thepressure system igaga n n operative condition and the vault door may beclosed by rotatingithe handn'vhee'l 10..

fPrefer'ably the device is'jso' arranged that by twisting the handle'11" 'thr'o 'igh ninety'j degrees thei thre ad v I ride -t off the top;

widel differentembodiments of-this inve 'ini'a limiting sense V wheeL: I

3. Infa pressureusystem for-'siafefor vault doors iorthelike,-the"combinationjwith a wOrmLshaft and a .pilotwheel for driving]; 'saidshaft; ofla handle rotatably mounted 1-} rotation-of said handle.

rotation of said handle; said mentioned thecouaepinwill; travel'suflicientl iide the fiangei illif i of thei lun eri-ia} ai-iiift thedog 514 some; 1 1 a -recess l3, Upontwisting handlej ll i than athepninety; c legr eesi the flange 16 {will dog '14 will be agai As manychanges-maybe made 'inithe above l construction' andL-finany apparently.

tion can be made. without departing from the scope thereof, it isintended, -.that all. i matter contained in n the above olescriptijonshall be". interpreted as illustrativeand not;

i NVhat we-claiin is a driving connection} may beesta'blished or maybe.clisabl'ed .-'between said pilot wheel and said wormsh'aftin responseto predetermined rotation offsaid handle on'gsaidf 2. ln a press ure-svstern for 61 vaultdoors the like," the. combination: with a wormshaft'a'nd' a. pilot :wheel for-"driving 7 said shaft, ofalratchet wheelfixed to 'said; I

shaft and having a reeess, and'I-neans in elud ng a dogmounted-on sadpilotwheel "for ,mfovement'into'pr out of said' re'cess to establish orto disable a drlving connection between said pilot-Iwheel, and saidQworm. I; shaftg' on said ;wl1eel',- aratchet wheel fixedc toifsaid'shaft and having a peripheral recess,; means movement. into or out'ofsaid recesslt'o estab lish orfto 'disa'ble; a driving col naction beitween said pilot wheel-and said worm shaftand means-for moving saiddogfinto or'out; of said recess 1n response to predetermined I I4;;In'aipressure system forsafeiorivaiilt 1V V 7 doors or the like-"the;combination" with-a: t' worm shaft and a pilotywjheel for, driving vsaid :shaft, of aih'and'le 'rotatably"mou'nted w v 55 on said; wheel, aratchet'wheel fiXiedito said i shaft and having a'peripherali'ecess;means LI including a dog mounted onfsaijd wheel rar ng ro-rlldisable a-;'driving' connection be; f 'i movement into or out ofsaid recesstozestah tween-saidpilot wheel and saidfwermtgh fi 1 andmeansfor saiddo gv into'or out: of 'saidrecess in response tofpredeterm1ned.;f f 0 byireason ofitheiaction iof 'springfih therqf V V brought-intoinesh with the lialtchetwheel a I jsolv e or shown intheaceo np'anyingdraa-vin'gs.'

'includingadog mountedi'on' said wheel for i' "a I Q

